Samuel Augustus Perry b. c.1792

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Samuel Augustus Perry was a watercolourist, surveyor and soldier. Appointed deputy surveyor-general of New South Wales, he arrived in Australia in 1829. Perry, with Captain William Dumaresq, was responsible for returning to Venice the four bronze horses of St Mark's which Napoleon had removed to Paris.
Name
Samuel Augustus Perry
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • professor (ANZSIC code: 810) (professor Professor of topographical drawing, Royal Military College, London)
  • Soldier (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
c.1792
Birth place
Wales, UK
Death date
15 January 1854
Death place
Kiama, NSW
Burial place
Marden Hill (Kendall's) Cemetery, Kiama, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1819 - c.1849
Arrival
  • 3 August 1829 (Arrived in Sydney on board Sovereign)
Residence
  • 1853 - 1854 Kiama, NSW
  • 1835 - 1840 Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1832 - c.1835 Sydney, NSW, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
  • c.August 1829 - c.1932 Birchgrove, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1827 - c.1829 Ampfield, Hampshire, England, UK
  • West Indies
  • Wales, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870